Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite appreciates last season's spell at PSV Eindhoven.

Branthwaite is with the England squad this week.

He said, “I think for anyone moving abroad at any age is going to be difficult - new language, new faces," he explained. “I moved over there on my own. I was 20 at the time and you have to learn on your own, and stand on your own two feet. There's nobody else to help you. I took all those life lessons and all the experience of playing and brought it back.

“For me, the learning curve was the Brentford game where I got sent off. That made me realise the standard we were playing at. That's when I went on loan and developed.

“I think I only played 15 games in League Two, so it was a big step up [signing for Everton]. I went and sat down with Everton, and the pathway they were given me seemed perfect, and it's worked out well since I've been there."